Socio-demographic factors influencing knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding malaria in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Awareness and practices of the respondents regarding malaria

Characteristics	Zone 1		Zone 2		p-value
	Number	%	Number	%
a) Someone gets malaria from
Mosquito bites	282	77.5	67	64.4	0.00
Fly/insect bites	6	1.6	6	5.8
Lack of cleanliness	14	3.8	14	13.5
Other	62	17.0	17	16.3
b) Malaria is transmitted by
Bites from any mosquito	211	58.0	46	44.2	0.00
Bites from a a mosquito which fed upon a malaria patient	41	11.3	24	23.1
Other	19	5.2	0	0.0
Don't know	93	25.5	34	32.7
c) Symptoms of malaria
Fever with rigor	241	66.2	45	43.3	0.00
Intermittent fever	40	11.0	17	16.3
Fever with sweating	16	4.4	9	8.7
Other	6	1.6	0	0.0
Don't know	60	16.5	33	31.7
d) Malaria can be prevented by
Limiting mosquito breeding	31	8.5	16	15.4	ns
Bed net	168	46.2	51	49.0
Mosquito coil/aerosol	32	8.8	8	7.7
ITN	71	19.5	14	13.5
Other	7	1.9	0	0.0
Don’t know	55	15.1	15	14.4
e) Malaria treatment provided by
NGO	277	76.1	94	90.4	0.01
Gov. hospital	34	9.3	10	9.6
Village doctor	18	4.9	0	0.0
Drug seller	35	9.6	0	0.0
f) Enter the house previous night
<6 pm	196	53.8	26	25.0	0.00
6 pm - 9 pm	158	43.4	76	73.1
>9 pm	10	2.7	2	1.9
g) Spent time last afternoon
Inside	154	42.3	20	19.2	0.00
Outside	195	53.6	78	75.0
Market	10	2.7	1	1.0
Tea stall	5	1.4	5	4.8
h) Spent most of the night time
Inside	356	97.8	104	100.0	ns
Outside	7	1.9	0	0.0

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